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Brazilian plastic surgeon Ivo Pitanguy brought aesthetic surgery out of back alleys and into the modern age. His books, procedures, lectures, and training programs have been of such magnitude that he has probably influenced plastic surgery more than any man alive. This is a very interesting article about him from the Guardian: “Why Brazil loves nip … Continue reading Stories from Brazil’s most celebrated plastic surgeon→

We are saddened to learn of another death at a cosmetic surgery clinic in Seoul. According to Korea Bizwire, a South Korean woman in her 50’s died on September 27 during abdominal liposuction operation at a cosmetic clinic in the Gangnam district of Seoul. While such disasters can happen by qualified plastic surgeons, one imagines that … Continue reading Plastic Surgery, Gangnam Style→

September 28, 2014 was Brigitte Bardot’s 80th birthday. In my mind she had some of the most elegant and beautiful facial features of the last century. Check out this cool video and read the wonderful bio on Jezebel. It is at once interesting and sad. She had such big eyes, full cheeks, and wonderful lips. Those … Continue reading Happy 80th Birthday Brigitte Bardot→

The plastic surgery social site, RealSelf, has reported a large increase in the number of people researching butt lift. More interesting is that the number of searches for it vary profoundly across the country. And since these numbers are in the hundreds of thousands, the data is probably quite reliable. http://nypost.com/2014/02/17/nyc-shows-highest-interest-in-brazilian-butt-lifts-in-us/ The operation would probably be more … Continue reading Interest in Butt Lifts is Lifting→

This is an amazing story: one licensed doctor had physician’s assistants working for him, and allowed them to do the surgery. These physician’s assistants were supposedly licensed as actual doctors in Colombia, but not here in Florida. One board certified plastic surgeon saw so many disasters coming from the one clinic that he alerted authorities. http://www.wpbf.com/news/south-florida/palm-beach-county-news/raid-on-cosmetic-surgery-office-yields-4-arrests-for-practice-without-a-license/24471094 A … Continue reading 4 Arrested in Palm Peach for Performing Plastic Surgery Without a License→

An unlicensed doctor injected an unknown substance in this woman’s face, buttocks, and breasts. It has hardened and disfigured her. Her face is so firm that she has become known locally as “cement face.” http://www.medicaldaily.com/plastic-surgery-nightmare-earns-florida-woman-nickname-cement-face-fake-doctor-oneal-ron-morris-used Be sure not to miss the video of her at the bottom of the article.

We are accustomed to having scientists using man made technologies to fix human bodies. Here is an example of the opposite: using something unique from the body to improve the quality of man made products. We’ve all heard that spider silk is stronger than steel. Human bone is also amazingly strong for its weight. Scientists have studied … Continue reading From Bone to Metal→

On February 10, a surgeon at Washington University performed surgery wearing a special pair of glasses that made cancer cells blue! This allowed the surgeon to distinguish the normal tissue from the cancerous tissue. Normally tissue needs to be removed and sent to pathology for a “frozen section.” But oftentimes healthy tissue is removed and sometimes bits … Continue reading Seeing Cancer…With Your Eyes!→

Obesity kills, yet food is obviously essential. Why do we forget that sun kills? I talk about sun exposure and tanning booths with patients all of the time. Highly intelligent men and women somehow live in denial that their ongoing sun exposure can lead them to get melanoma. Unless they had a family member die of it, the subject … Continue reading Sun Kills→